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    Old MX pics

    This pic of me on my Suzuki TM125L (1974) was taken on Paraparaumu beach a long time ago....... A family member found it at the weekend..

    The early 70's were a good time to be riding. Anyone got similar pics they'd like to share.....?
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    Ah the 70's
    Open face helmets - can't hide that smile
    Bell bottom jeans - perfect for catching on kick starters
    Bush shirts - universal outdoor wear
    Open toe sandals - perfect ventilation to help wounds recover from injuries created by riding with open toe sandals
    Honda 50's launched off huge jumps
    My first bike Yamaha RT3 - the crossup machine
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    Quote Originally Posted by clmintie View Post
    This pic of me on my Suzuki TM125L (1974) was taken on Paraparaumu beach a long time ago....... A family member found it at the weekend..

    The early 70's were a good time to be riding. Anyone got similar pics they'd like to share.....?
    That is a sweet pic.

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    Cool, keep the old pics coming! These days are good but the old days were pretty cool too. This is me on a Kawasaki 250 on Snells beach at age 12 in the 70's. http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/at...5&d=1159098055
    No one cared about me riding up and down the beach in the evenings without any protective gear. It was freedom man, and it was so cool! No wowsers or fun police around in those days.
    Everyone was so laid back in the 70's. A great time to grow up.


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    Quote Originally Posted by clmintie View Post
    This pic of me on my Suzuki TM125L (1974) was taken on Paraparaumu beach a long time ago....... A family member found it at the weekend..

    The early 70's were a good time to be riding. Anyone got similar pics they'd like to share.....?
    Awesome picture - the black and white adds to the impact

    You would be hung drawn and quartered if you tried that on the beach here now.

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    clmintie on TM125 pic tweak

    Couldn't resist having a play around with your photo clmintie, hope you don't mind. Nice patina of original photo gone but this Photoshop tweak might be a bit closer to the memory. (Took a liberty with the crop)

    I don't know you but still glad to hear you're OK after the top end freshen up. (Great pic, but there must be something slightly disturbing about having the rellies dig around for photos while youre having surgery!).

    Enjoying these old photos, start digging and keep 'em coming.
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    Nicely done.

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    Thanks camchain, it's my new desktop......until Grace changes it back to one of her....
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    Quote Originally Posted by camchain View Post
    Couldn't resist having a play around with your photo clmintie.
    That is freaking awesome

    That would be a brilliant A3 poster...

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    that is one awasome pic big thumbs up to the rider and who ever took it
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    I think (pretty hazy after 34yrs) the photographer was the brother of the guy who owned "Hi-torque" cycles up by the mall. Alan Francis?? Now days we'd call it a photo shoot, was for Emerald Glen M/Cs in the main street...Back then it was a hoon on the beach.. Trying to look like Roger DeCoster........
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    Cool photo mate! I was 8 yrs old then.
    Lot of air beneath ya too. I did a deal with a mate when I was 12 for a Suzuki TS250. Had no clutch or brakes. Used to slow it down by putting my foot on the engine flywheel! By the time I was 15 I d gone through about 8 pairs of gum boots! Wish I had photos of all that.
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    Great pics. It was so easy to have fun then so much territory was open to us and no one batted an eye lid at you riding on Paraparaumu beach - now the bylaws prevent it sheesh

    I did a bit of MX but was more into trail/adventure riding by the time I was at Uni and I showed you a whole lot of my old pics of that on these threads which if you haven't seen before you might find a bit of a laugh:

    http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ad.php?t=13566

    http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ad.php?t=13647

    http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ad.php?t=32133
    Cheers

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    Keep on truckin' from the 70's

    I reckon you were doing a pretty good De Coster impression there clmintie. The great man was on the podium giving out the prizes at at 87 Hawkstone GP (England) I went to (Dave Thorp won). For me, it was was more of a buzz seeing Roger De Coster than watching the racing!

    Had a dig around and found some old pics from 1978(?) last year of high school and had an XL175. (I had a TS185 as well, Merv - my first bike at 14) Did some club MX on that thing (no photos of those events - bugger) as well as some long distance road work as well.
    Photos possibly demonstrate reason for frame eventually requiring welding, but that bike was a hell of a lot of fun.
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    Some more...

    Getting a little of topic (mx pics) with your thread clmintie, but I'm sure some of you guys would have had a TT500 as well? This one a 76 model.

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